AEK Athens F.C. Academy

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AEK Athens Football Club Academy
AEK Athens FC logo.svg
Full nameAEK Athens Football Club Academy
Founded1934;91 years ago (1934)
Ground OPAP Sports Centre
Owner AEK Athens Football Club
ChairmanAntonis Iliopoulos
General Director Georgios Georgiadis

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.

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History

Players of AEK's youth academy (1934) AEK 1934.jpg
Players of AEK's youth academy (1934)

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–2025).

AEK Athens U19 squad

AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.

P. ^ Players with professional contract.
As of 1 July 2025 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Dimitrios Anargyrou
GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Grigoris Makris [P]
GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Konstantinos Ioakimidis
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Stavros Psyropoulos
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Pantelis Papazisis
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Pavlos Tsaramanidis
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Vangelis Bariampas
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Dimitrios Sellas
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Petros Svigos
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Spyros Christakopoulos
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Alexandros Dani
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Georgios Tsiampas
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Dimos Pontikas
MF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Kyriakos Christodoulou
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Theodosis Prekas
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Alexandros Elezi
FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Bautista Álvarez
FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Aristidis Andrikopoulos
FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Dimitrios Papazisis
FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Christos Paleologou
FW Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Alexandro Sufka
FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Grigoris Raptis
FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Thero Mitchell III

AEK Athens U17 squad

As of 1 July 2025 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Vasilios Ioannou
GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Viktoras Moisidis
GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Giannis Doukas
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Stavros Stoumpos
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Nikolaos Ligatos
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Antonis Arvanitakis
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Spyros Tourkochoritis
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Alexios Georgiou
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Konstantinos Terzopoulos
No.Pos.NationPlayer
DF Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Georgios-Adrian Delaportas
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Konstantinos Savvidis
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Vasilios Manos
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Sotiris Stergiaropoulos
MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Cooper Andrikopoulos
FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Stefanos Tsantilas
FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Ilias Papadimitriou
FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Leon-Laith Al Nasasibi

Notable players

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

Personnel

Academies staff

PositionStaff
Management Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens Football Club
General Director Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Georgiadis
Administrative Director Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Georgeas
Chief Goalkeeping coach Flag of Greece.svg Spyros Christopoulos
Chief Scout Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Roussos
U19 Head coach Flag of Algeria.svg Sofyane Cherfa
U18 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Pallis
U17 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Aristotelis Schizas
U16 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Apostolos Tzavellas
U15 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Moudanaris
U14 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Pavlidis
U13 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Tzotzios
U12 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Vasilios Papadimitriou
U10 Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Ladias
Performance analyst Flag of Greece.svg Kyriakos Konstantinidis
Fitness coaches Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Konstantopoulos
Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Papaleontiou
Flag of Greece.svg Iason Psaras
Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Tsenoglou
Goalkeeping coaches Flag of Greece.svg Athanasios Paraschoudis
Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Skyriotis
Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Kioupis
Scouts Flag of Greece.svg Christos Kostis
Flag of Greece.svg Christos Vasilopoulos
Flag of Greece.svg Vangelis Gavrilis
Doctors Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Dimitriou
Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Anamorlidis
Physiotherapists Flag of Greece.svg Lefteris Tamvakis
Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Kalampokas
Flag of Greece.svg Dionysis Engarchos
Ergophysiologist Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Milionis
Secretary Flag of Greece.svg Vasia Papalopoulou
Press Office Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Bilios
Caregivers Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Kazianis
Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Makridakis
House keepers Flag of Greece.svg Vaios Toursoun
Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Toursoun
Travel guide Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Tsoukas

Source:  AEK Athens F.C.

References

  1. "U19 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. "U17 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

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